EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Verona, Wis.-based Epic has received FDA clearance for Deterioration Index Version 2, an updated version of its EHR-embedded tool that flags hospitalized patients at risk of clinical decline. The FDA cleared the software in September through the 510(k) pathway. The…
Health systems are stretched thin. Budgets are tight, turnover is high, and workflow changes arrive faster than education teams can keep up. Yet many training programs still rely on approaches built for a different era: time-intensive, expensive to maintain, and…
Epic is accelerating its push to embed AI and shape the broader healthcare data ecosystem in 2026, rolling out new tools, weighing in on federal AI policy and taking legal action tied to national interoperability networks. From new AI tools…
Epic has spent the past several years pulling in many of the country’s largest health systems, a large share of them leaving Oracle Health. Four more large systems, Adventist Health, Avera Health, ChristianaCare and Kaleida Health, went live on Epic…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals has expanded its partnership with ESO to bring prehospital intelligence capabilities to fire departments and EMS agencies transporting patients to its facilities. The implementation is the first of its kind in Ohio and builds on the health…
When Epic’s top security executive said health systems need to “get ready to patch, patch, patch,” the leaders responsible for applying those fixes largely agreed. Their caveat: Moving faster depends on knowing sooner what needs fixing and which fixes can’t…
Fewer hospitals and health systems are switching EHRs in 2026 than in recent years. But the year’s biggest moves largely keep ending in the same place. Epic has spent 2026 turning on deals signed years ago, from Adventist Health’s 27…
Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare is now live on Epic, finishing its switch from Oracle Health to a new EHR and MyChart patient portal. President and CEO Jenn Schwartz said Epic brings clinical information, care team workflows and patient-facing tools into one…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC completed the second wave of its Epic EHR rollout this month, bringing 15 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory practices onto the platform. “This past weekend marked the transition for our Pittsburgh region and most of Southwestern Pennsylvania,” Chris…
Oracle Health’s 2025 data breach compromised personal information belonging to nearly 20 million people, Bloomberg reported, citing a report released by the Texas attorney general. The Texas attorney general’s data breach portal lists Cerner Corp. (now known as Oracle Health)…